General Discussion & Chat: Coffee and...Part 31...! :-D, 1 by balvenie

balvenie wrote:
Afternoon 'yall, just returned from a local "backyard" winery. We crushed 8 tons of Merlot grapes. Very noisy and sticky work. Sure hope he is successful. He's been distributing locally and seems to be off to a good start. Can't say the same for the very pricey Italian bottling machine though. Every run has several mechanical glitches. Yesterday it was double corking and couldn't be fixed. The Tech is supposed to come out and fix it. After a rest I get to replace all the shingles that had to be removed for installing the eight new insulated windows, then clean up the mess, then make inside trim for all the windows, and do a pattern shingling on the last unfinished sun-room wall, and clean up the mess, then wash a load of dishes and a bunch of grape-juice-sticky clothes, and clean up the mess. Do you get a feeling that I'm a really messy guy ? Probably right. My sweetheart doesn't get back from her jaunt to Saltspring Island till sometime late tomorrow thank goodness. Had to clear all the Brugs off the back deck to put in the windows and it sure looks a lot better. Don't know where I'm going to hide them for the winter yet. Would build a greenhouse, but I'm maxed out as far as lot coverage goes and the only place left is up ! Don't think DW would go for a greenhouse on the roof. Wonder if I could just take the roofing off and replace it with glass???? Anyway, can't ditherpock around any more, got lots to do. Here's a 'before'.